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Man-Turned-Girl Held in Forgery
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Aug. 28, 1955 Topics: Bail, Forgery, Gender realignment surgery, Jails, Theatre Subject: Tamara Edel Rees -
"Margaret" Smith Proves to Be Man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Dec. 5, 1911 Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Theatre Subject: Clarence Westfall, Margaret Swift -
Men dressed in drag
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Nov. 1, 1949 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing Description: Men festively dressed as women are shown during an unidentified event taking place at 3rd Street and Main in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph dated November 1, 1949. -
Men in Costume, Vertigo Nightclub
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Clubs, Drag, Night life Subject: Vertigo Description: Group of men wearing costumes at Vertigo. The men wear bikini tops, floral skirts and headpieces decorated with various fruits. -
Mexican American boy dressed as Carmen Miranda
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: circa 1945 Topics: BIPOC, Children, Crossdressing, Halloween, Mexican American children Subject: Carmen Miranda, Hispanic People, Jesse Gonzalez Description: Jesse Gonzalez dressed as Carmen Miranda for Halloween costume, circa 1945. -
Mexican American boy dressed as girl
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: 1945 Topics: Children, Crossdressing, Halloween, Mexican American children Subject: Gilberto Perez, Hispanic People Description: Gilberto Perez dressed in Halloween costume, circa 1945. -
Mia Yamamoto Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Yamamoto, Mia Date: Apr. 17, 2017 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Japanese American lawyers, LGBTQ+ veterans, Trans women, Transphobia Subject: Aiden Aizumi, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Black Lives Matter (BLM), Christine Jorgensen, Civil Rights Movement, Concentration Camp, Cornel West, Donald Trump, Ellen Kameya, Emililo Aguinaldo, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fred Korematsu, Frederick Douglass, Gordon Hiranbayashi, Harold Kameya, Harvey Milk, Ho Chi Min, Jacqueline Nquyen, Jamison Green, Marsha Aizumi, Mia Yamamoto, Mitsuye Endo, UCLA Law School, Vietnam War Description: OUTWORDS interview with Mia Yamamoto conducted by Mason Funk on April 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA. At age 60 she came out as publicly as transgender. Since then, she has been an ardent advocate and ... -
Mob Pursues Man in Woman's Dress
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 28, 1910 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Physical violence Subject: E. C. Heffner, H. F. Pederson, Joe Swanson, L. B. Delano, Tom Ferrell, Walter Waller -
Morris Kight, Jim Kepner, and Troy Perry
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Rocco, Pat Date: 1971 Topics: Drag shows, Gay theater Description: (from left to right) Morris Kight, Jim Kepner, and Troy Perry dancing on stage in a tutu at the SPREE Awards. 1971. -
Mylo Mendez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Mendez, Mylo Date: Jun. 11, 2019 Topics: Anarchism, Arts, Childhood, Coming out, Education, Family members, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender role, Gender studies, Gentrification, Health care, Jiu-jitsu, Machismo, Martial arts, Marxism, Masculinities, Politics, Pronoun, Punk, Self-defence, Sexual identity, Thai boxing, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Vegans, Women's studies, Zines Subject: Bancho MMA, Florence Johnston Collective, Otion Front Studios, Parsons School of Design, Physical Culture Collective, Queer Fight School, Silent Barn, Silvia Federici, Students Against Cruelty to Animals (SACA), The New School, Unity and Struggle, University of Texas - Austin (UT Austin), We're Hir, We're Queer Description: In this interview Mylo Mendez shares hir ongoing work with creating queer and trans self-defense. Ze discusses hir evolution as an artist, currently working in zines, as well as hir involvement wit... -
Nabbed in 'maid' masquerade
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Jan. 27, 1950 Topics: Arrests, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Household work, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police stations Subject: Frank Porter, Mary Lee Porter, Queque Malpress, Rita Porter, Tisha Porter, Willie Moore Description: Masculine jail clothing was substituted for feminine attire worn by these three youths after they were nabbed early today. They said they had been employed as female domestic servants in fashionabl... -
NFLO Resolution
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Date: Jun. 1978 Topics: Ethnic diversity, Gender diversity, Lesbian movement, Racism, Women's movement Subject: National Lesbian Feminist Organization -
Norman Lear Set To Star Transex?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Douglas, Angela Date: Oct. 29, 1976 to Nov. 4, 1976 Topics: Actors, Anti-transgender violence, MtFs, Police brutality, Television, Television series, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: All That Glitters..., Norman Lear Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence and sexual assault. -
Now at The Hustlers
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Feb. 9, 1967 Topics: Activists, African American transgender people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Transgender people Subject: Benny Curtis Show, Sepia, Sir Lady Java, The Hustlers (Club), Willie Bobo -
"Nun" showing support for Babs at Academy Awards
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: 1984 Topics: Demonstrations, Drag, Nuns Subject: Academy Awards, Barbra Streisand, Eddie Murphy, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Yentl Description: A member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence protests that Barbra Streisand's film "Yentl" was not nominated for major categories for the 56th Academy Awards. The "nun" is holding a collection c...
